Does this enclosure support "sleep", when the drive is not in use or when the computer it is connected to is turned off?
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Not that I am aware of. I just use it to transfer files as needed then disconnect it.
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It doesn't have a sleep mode, it has a green power management feature that stops the hardrive from spinning constantly when not in use.I usually just turn it off when I am not using it.I really just bought it to keep an old IDE Hardrive from sitting around and installed UBUNTU on it.But it works great.
389751
Power is provided internally via sata connection or you need an external enclosure if not installing internal drive.
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Maybe. I use a laptop as the control and put in hibernation instead of sleep mode. It depends on how much power is needed to maintain the satalite sleep mode. There is a threshold adjustment to set necessary power level to power down the outlets being controlled.
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Answer from the company: generally almost computers have auto sleep function, but KT4004 USB 3.0 Express Card do not have wake up function, each time when your PC goes to sleep, you need to unplug the hard drive and then plug it again to make it work, hope you could kindly understand
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I have a 2012 mac mini running OS 10.8.5 and the 2TB version of this and it works but it seems to go to sleep frequently telling me in the midst of working on something that I disconnected it improperly. That's been a frequent annoyance as it mens I have to start over or stop everything to wake it back up again and usually re-do what I was working on. I have not lost any data and it seems to work fine as a hard drive but I never have this problem with the Seagate HD.
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I leave mine on 24/7 for the purpose of being able to access my media while I am traveling. It will sleep after a period of inactivity and you can set it up to go into deep sleep on a schedule.
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Don't know, since I am using it as Time Machine on my Mac... I never turn the drive off.
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Depends on how you connect it. I believe with eSATA you can configure the drive in Windows to not fall asleep. I don't know if USB 3.0 connections are configurable like this.
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i believe it is because the "on" switch is still in the "on" position. the drive stays on until it is removed from the desktop and switched off.
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has to be unplugged, doesn`t have a turn off switch like some other harddrives
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be sure you do not power off before closing the cover. the device will go into sleep mode and is awakened by opening the cover.
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No on off switch. There is a sleep setting on the WD Drive Utilities software that comes with the drive. It is 30 minutes default sleep mode but can be set to other times.
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The G-Drive has been quiet. I sometimes forget that its on, and forget to turn it off.
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I'm not sure...I don't leave it on when it's not in use. I only turn it on when I go to back up my files and then I power down after I'm done/eject.
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It does not do anything when connected. The first time I connected it, it I could see the drive C but couldn't access any info off the drive. Then it got hot and now it won't do anything.
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You should be good to go. I don't keep it up all the time, but I have left it connected for weeks at a time. The hard drive is out in the open so it won't really overheat, and there is a power switch on it, so you can turn it off but leave it all setup when the drive is not in use.
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I have two of these. Yes, they put the drives to sleep after a few minutes of disuse. I believe the amount of time before they sleep is adjustable. The D-Link web site allows you to download the user manual, if you wish to loo it up.